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Michaelis-Menten Kinetics

Problem 3- Determine the velocity of a reaction as the substrate concentration approaches infinity.

What happens to the velocity of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction as the [S] approaches infinity?

Recall that

 

 

A.

 

VVmax/Km

B.

 

VVmax

C.

 

V→ 1/Km

D.

 

V→ 0
E. V→ ∞
F. VKm/Vmax

End of problems.

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